The General Chat Thread (2024)

SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
That the kind of bits n bobs mess on the worktop would wind me up a tad!
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The thing is, I have plenty of counter space elsewhere in the kitchen where he can have that end of the counter and I don't say anything about it (I just put his stuff away so I can wipe it down), but geeze, he really shouldn't be griping at me about my KA standmixer taking up too much space, right? That baby delivers and how! He absolutely loved the pasta I made, and the pizza dough, and the banana bread, and he eats English muffins I made using the KA (I made a big batch and refrigerated some) nearly every morning with his eggs. I use that thing 1-2x a week and probably will be using it even more with the holidays coming up. So I could move it into the pantry when I am not using it, but why? There's plenty of room to work around it. IDK 🤷‍♂️
 
JAS_OH1 said:
The thing is, I have plenty of counter space elsewhere in the kitchen where he can have that end of the counter and I don't say anything about it (I just put his stuff away so I can wipe it down), but geeze, he really shouldn't be griping at me about my KA standmixer taking up too much space, right? That baby delivers and how! He absolutely loved the pasta I made, and the pizza dough, and the banana bread, and he eats English muffins I made using the KA (I made a big batch and refrigerated some) nearly every morning with his eggs. I use that thing 1-2x a week and probably will be using it even more with the holidays coming up. So I could move it into the pantry when I am not using it, but why? There's plenty of room to work around it. IDK 🤷‍♂️
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Sometimes people just like to have a moan don’t they!
I like to direct the moaning at my chosen options so it doesn’t spill out onto something that would wind me up.
With Mr SSOAP he puts my vitamins in a little pot in the morning when he makes us a cup of tea and I ignore them until he starts grumbling and shaking the pot at me.
Or I will let the recycling bin pile up so he can moan that he’s the only one that does the recycling 🤣

That way he gets to complain, it’s directed at something I don’t care about and everyone’s happy.

Baby’s have ‘controlled crying’ men have controlled griping, well least in this house they do 😂
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Sometimes people just like to have a moan don’t they!
I like to direct the moaning at my chosen options so it doesn’t spill out onto something that would wind me up.
With Mr SSOAP he puts my vitamins in a little pot in the morning when he makes us a cup of tea and I ignore them until he starts grumbling and shaking the pot at me.
Or I will let the recycling bin pile up so he can moan that he’s the only one that does the recycling 🤣

That way he gets to complain, it’s directed at something I don’t care about and everyone’s happy.

Baby’s have ‘controlled crying’ men have controlled griping, well least in this house they do 😂
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Yeah, what if I put the KA in the pantry and left there until sometime next year...LOLOLOL!
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Yeah, what if I put the KA in the pantry and left there until sometime next year...LOLOLOL!
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Do it, then say you miss the dinner rolls and pizza that thing can mix up but it’s just too much of a pita lugging the heavy lump to n fro. He’ll probably get it out for you and leave it on the counter :laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Do it, then say you miss the dinner rolls and pizza that thing can mix up but it’s just too much of a pita lugging the heavy lump to n fro. He’ll probably get it out for you and leave it on the counter :laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Barriehie said:
KA mixer wins...
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What's funny is he had a box of crackers sitting on the counter next to all his other stuff. I put it up in the cupboard (2 feet away above the counter) and he was dumbfounded. He makes a plate of cheese and crackers every night around 7 and his box of crackers stays on the counter, but I was decluttering and wiping down surfaces so I put them up. He didn't ask where they were and started to walk over to the pantry closet and I stopped him from grabbing a fresh box and opening it! If I put stuff away we often end up with duplicates because he doesn't check or forgets we've got an open one already.

KA isn't budging!
 
JAS_OH1 said:
What's funny is he had a box of crackers sitting on the counter next to all his other stuff. I put it up in the cupboard (2 feet away above the counter) and he was dumbfounded. He makes a plate of cheese and crackers every night around 7 and his box of crackers stays on the counter, but I was decluttering and wiping down surfaces so I put them up. He didn't ask where they were and started to walk over to the pantry closet and I stopped him from grabbing a fresh box and opening it! If I put stuff away we often end up with duplicates because he doesn't check or forgets we've got an open one already.

KA isn't budging!
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General obliviousness to how things stay clean and tidy or how the food cupboards stay stocked seems to be pretty standard fare for those who haven’t ever taken full charge of it or had to do it for more than just themselves.

The thing I find irritating is the putting away of empty packaging (one cracker left in the box or an empty jar in the fridge with perhaps one gross scraping of jam left in it) and then it being followed by an indignant exclamation in my direction that “We’ve RUN OUT OF BLAH BLAH” 😑

While I was dapping about on my mobike a few weeks ago I rang home to check everything was dandy and they did manage a Hello, how are you before one of them told me they’d run out of nasal spray followed by Mr SSOAP saying “We’ve run out of ENGLISH MUSTARD!”
Nice to be appreciated :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I like the raw honey from Aldi but there are beekeepers within a 20 mile radius that sell it with the comb. When I'm working on local road trips and I see a plywood hand-painted sign indicating they have it, I'll stop for some.
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This isn't the comb. It's what get cut off the comb and usually discarded. It's not as sweet as the comb because there's more wax in it and it has more texture as a result.

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SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
The thing I find irritating is the putting away of empty packaging (one cracker left in the box or an empty jar in the fridge with perhaps one gross scraping of jam left in it) and then it being followed by an indignant exclamation in my direction that “We’ve RUN OUT OF BLAH BLAH” 😑

While I was dapping about on my mobike a few weeks ago I rang home to check everything was dandy and they did manage a Hello, how are you before one of them told me they’d run out of nasal spray followed by Mr SSOAP saying “We’ve run out of ENGLISH MUSTARD!”
Nice to be appreciated :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Craig does that too. He will also leave 2 or 3 bites worth of food in pans from dinner. He goes back for seconds or even thirds at times, but leaves 2 or 3 bites. :mad:
 
medtran49 said:
Craig does that too. He will also leave 2 or 3 bites worth of food in pans from dinner. He goes back for seconds or even thirds at times, but leaves 2 or 3 bites. :mad:
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Yep mine do that too.
I often find myself thinking what was the point?
Eat it!
Or scrape it into the bin.
Or leave enough for a portion later.
But that pathetic dot is no use to anyone 😂
 
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